At 11/19/09 11:26 PM, PaulStetich wrote:
Ok so it's not real fighting but we're more athletic than those UFC pansies. They can't do half the shit we do. And besides, I'd like to see YOU land on your head and getting a concussion after a 12 foot high slam, THEN tell me it's not real. Assfuck
LOL. Just because they do more asinine shit in pro wrestling doesn't make them "more athletic". Fact is you're never going to see someone moonsault another person in real life, stone-cold stunners and DDTs don't actually do shit, sleeper holds don't actually work like that (a person damn sure can't just Hulk-out of a blood choke in real life), cross-chops against the sternum don't do shit... the list of fakeness just goes on and on. It takes more talent in pro wrestling to pretend to hurt your opponent and sell it successfully than it takes to ACTUALLY hurt them. Hell, when you seriously hurt your opponent it basically means you fucked-up and did your spot wrong. Getting hit in the face with a "steel" chair or involving an aluminum ladder in your match, rolling around in thumbtacks or putting a dude through a flimsy-ass flea market table only makes you about as athletic as a crash-test dummy.
Taking bumps involves a physical toll on the body, sure, but give me a fucking break. It's nice that promotions are trying to push younger cats nowadays but when you got old crusty motherfuckers like Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan coming back time after time to win shit in ridiculous fashion, you KNOW this shit is retarded. The real entertainment comes from the soap-opera drama, NOT from the anticipation that comes from seeing who REALLY wins in a battle of strength/skill/determination. To be successful in pro wrestling means having charisma and a personality that the crowd will respond to. Athleticism helps, sure... but it only plays a supporting role to the scripted story. You can be a fat greezy dude like Mick Foley and be a multiple-time world heavyweight and world tag-team champion with your goofy books on the NY Times Best-Seller's list and all that. You can also be the most athletic and high-flying lucha libre grappler in the world and make... not even peanuts. Not even fuckin Goya beans.
At 11/20/09 12:33 AM, Gobblemeister wrote:
Just of few of the things you're not allowed to do
LOL it's almost like you're suggesting that no biting, hair-pulling, eye-gouging, kicks to the nuts, etc. is a rule overdose or something. Like "whoa those are a lot of rules there! see!" How is disallowing pokes-in-the-eye or paralyzing spine shots a bad thing?